Sr Machine Learning Engineer - AI

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr Machine Learning Engineer - AI based in India.

• This role focuses on developing and deploying efficient small language models (SLMs) for real-world AI applications.
• You’ll work across model fine-tuning, optimization, evaluation, and production deployment.
• The position combines machine learning engineering with practical MLOps and performance engineering.
• You’ll help make models smaller, faster, and more efficient through techniques such as quantization, pruning, and knowledge distillation.
• Your work will extend to edge devices, mobile environments, and local infrastructure where latency and resource efficiency are critical.
• You’ll also build reliable pipelines and monitoring systems that support models throughout their production lifecycle.
• The role offers an opportunity to contribute to advanced AI systems while solving challenging performance and deployment problems.